Enrollment
137
Middle
DISTRICT 218 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12·NCES 360009005169
SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS
977 FOX ST, BRONX, NY 10459 · (718) 589-4844 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL137 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% of New York public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public middle schools
Student : Teacher
6.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.7:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
133 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 46 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 43 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 48 | 35% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
31.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
49.6%
NY avg 57.4% . +15.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.0% | 49.6% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 34.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS
SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS's state test result (35.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS this school | 137 | 97.1% | 35.7% |
| MS 301 PAUL L DUNBAR BRONX | 148 | 95.9% | 18.5% |
| NEW PATHWAYS ACADEMY BRONX | 137 | 97.8% | 41.0% |
| NEW MILLENNIUM BRONX ACADEMY OF THE ARTS BRONX | 126 | 95.2% | 32.5% |
| FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY V MIDDLE SCHOOL BRONX | 146 | 94.5% | 43.8% |
| RENAISSANCE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS NEW YORK | 132 | 97.7% | 36.8% |
Matched among New York middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #662 of 766 | #50 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #511 of 768 ▲ 157 | #20 of 74 ▲ 33 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #677 of 768 ▼ 93 | #62 of 74 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 137 | #760 of 796 | #71 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.1% | #32 of 773 | #21 of 75 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -54.9% | #12 of 524 | #7 of 59 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
137
-168 (-55%) vs 2020
-60% since 2010-11, when it was 341
Student : Teacher
6.1:1
was 9.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 137 | 22.6 | 6.1:1 | 97% (133) |
| 2023-24 | 167 | 27.4 | 6.1:1 | 96% (160) |
| 2022-23 | 196 | 29.4 | 6.7:1 | 96% (188) |
| 2020-21 | 305 | 32 | 9.5:1 | 97% (295) |
| 2017-18 | 304 | 26 | 11.7:1 | 96% (293) |
| 2015-16 | 325 | 28 | 11.6:1 | 85% (275) |
| 2010-11 | 341 | 26 | 13.1:1 | 95% (324) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS.
About SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS
SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS, a small middle-grades school, is located in BRONX, New York. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 137 students. Statewide, middle schools in New York average about 531 students each.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12 runs 47 schools with a combined 15,705 students. SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS is one of them.
Hispanic students are the majority at SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS, with 63% of enrollment. It is also 34% Black. SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS's diversity index is 49%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 22.6 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 6.1:1. That is lower than the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 97%.
Measured against New York public middle schools, SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS is 3.6 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 35.7% actual, 39.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
Across Bronx County, the median household income is $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bronx County is home to 472 public schools and about 202,028 public school students.
The closest public school, SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL, is less than a tenth of a mile from SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS is 6th among 9 schools close by.
SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Reported enrollment: 305 (2020-21) and 137 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades. Its ratio of students to teachers was 9.5:1 in 2020-21, and 6.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Bronx County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,404,779
Census ACS
Median income
$48,676
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
472
202,028 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTSWhat is the total enrollment at SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS?
SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS enrolls approximately 137 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS serve?
SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS?
Approximately 6.1:1 students per teacher at SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS?
At SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS, the student body is approximately 1% White, 63% Hispanic, 34% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS?
SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12 in Bronx County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.